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Sunday, August 28, 2011

The awards for the 35th Festival des films du monde (Montreal World Film Festival) were handed out tonight at Place des Arts.

The top prize of the Grand Prix des Americas went to the Belgian film Hasta la Vista (Come as You Are) by Geoffrey Enthoven. The film is a light comedic look at three disabled men who take a road trip to Spain to seek out a brothel that specializes in catering to their disabilities. The film also won the Public Award as the most popular film of the festival and received a Special Mention by the Ecumenical Jury.

A Special Grand Prix of the jury was awarded to Masato Harada's Chronicle of My Mother. The Best Director award went to German filmmaker Brigitte Maria Bertele for Der Brand (The Fire).

Fatehmeh Motamed-Arya won the Best Actress award for her role in the Iranian film Here Without Me. Best Actor, however, was a tie between Borys Szyc for Rafael Lewandowski's Kret (The Mole) and Danny Huston for Eran Riklis' Playoff.
Legendary actress Catherine Deneuve was given a tribute and a Lifetime Achievement Award. Honourary Awards were also given to Canadian singer/actress Ginette Reno and producer/distributor Victor Loewy.

The public was invited to vote for the most popular films in different categories:Public Awards for the most popular film of the Festival:
COME AS YOU ARE (HASTA LA VISTA) by Geoffrey Enthoven (Belgium)Cinemathèque québécoise Public Award for the most popular Canadian Feature Film:
COTEAU ROUGE d'André Forcier (Canada)Glauber Rocha Award for the Best Latin American Film :
EL DEDO (THE FINGER) by Sergio Teubal (Argentina/Mexico)Award for Best documentary :
NICKY'S FAMILY (NICKYHO RODINA) by Matej Minac (Slovakia/Czech Republic)
BITTER TASTE OF FREEDOM by Marina Goldovskaya (Sweden/Russia)Award for Best Canadian Short Film :
OVERCAST by Velislav Kazakov (Canada)FIPRESCI PRIZE (FIPRESCI Prize for a film in the World Competition):
BLACK THURSDAY (CZARNY CZWARTEK) by Antoni Krauze (Poland)
FIPRESCI PRIZE (FIPRESCI Prize for a film in the First Films Competition):
NORDZEE, TEXAS by Bavo Defurne (Belgium)ECUMENICAL PRIZES
DAVID by Joel Fendelman (U.S.A.)
Special mention of the Ecumenical jury :
COME AS YOU ARE (HASTA LA VISTA) by Geoffrey Enthoven (Belgium)OTHER AWARDS
Special Awards for their exceptional contribution to the cinematographic art :
CATHERINE DENEUVE (France)
GINETTE RENO (Canada)
VICTOR LOEWY (Canada)